2 area men die in separate Saturday accidents

Two separate accidents Saturday took the lives of two Livingston County men.

Livingston County Coroner Michael P. Burke said that Ivan W. “Zeke” Zimmerman, 72, was found by first responders to have no signs of life at the scene of an accident at mile marker 210 on Interstate 55 at approximately 1:55 p.m.

He was pronounced dead by Deputy Coroner Danny Watson at 2:37 p.m.

Odell Fire Department and Odell EMS responded to the accident as the vehicle was on fire.

An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.

The crash is being investigated by the District 6 State Police and its crash reconstructionist.

Later Saturday night, MetCom received a 911 call reporting an ATV accident in rural Arrowsmith. According to McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling, upon arrival, officers found Lucas A. Stork, 24, of Chatsworth, unresponsive in a ravine located about a half of a mile south of McLean County Road 32591 East, 750 North Road. He was pronounced dead at 1 a.m. Sunday.

Kimmerling said that preliminary evidence indicates that Stork and three other individuals left the above-mentioned Arrowsmith residence on the ATV and had been gone about 20 minutes when the crash occurred. The three remaining passengers were not seriously injured.

An autopsy was to be held Monday afternoon. McLean County Sheriff’s Police is assisting the coroner’s office with this investigation.